Where can I get the cheapest flights

[Thunderchild]

sounds like a silly question but I here of people travelling for pennies (well a few pounds) then find prices on the net at like 150 � +

Am I missing out on something ?

[dzug]

You are either travelling on the wrong day, the wrong airline or to the wrong destination.

Both the Ryanair and Easyjet web sites have the facility to search for the cheapes flights to a destination over a period.

[viz-nil]

try kelkoo.co.uk

[Thunderchild]

ok this was from ryan air: 200 + � for 12-19 april and 180 + pounds for next august where am I going wrong not to mention most days are already booked !

[dzug]

Easter

Summer Holidays

is where you are going wrong.

[Buenchico]

For the cheapest flights, travel mid-week rather than at weekends. (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are usually cheapest. Monday and Friday are popular with business travellers. At weekends flights are busy with hoilday makers).

With Ryanair, some flights (usually to some of the less popular destinations), start off at mid-price then drop lower if there are very few bookings. So the cheapest prices are often charged a month or so before the flight date. Within the final week or two prices go up to their highest levels.

I've just tried a random example, based upon the principles in the previous paragraph, on the Ryanair website. I chose a less popular destination (Eindhoven) and selected mid-week dates about a month ahead. (Out Wed, 29 March. Back Wed 5 April). The fares quoted are �0.19 each way. (NB: This wasn't the result of hours searching. This was the first destination and combination of dates that I tried).

As Dzug has made clear, whenever you book, it's very hard to find real bargains to the most popular sunny destinations at peak times. If it's possible, try booking dates in March, May or September. Also be more adventurous in choosing your destination. Malmo, in Sweden, for example doesn't come to the top of everyone's holiday list but it's an interesting city with a good beach. A three-quarter-hour train journey will take you over the Oresund Bridge to Copenhagen, in Denmark, which is a vibrant city close to several attractive seaside resorts. I flew to Malmo, last September, for a day trip. The cost? �0.01 each way (before taxes of course!).

Chris

[spainlads]

Try http://www.skyscanner.net/ It scanners all the cheap airlines for the route you are taking.

[treacle84]

Try Monarch, we usually use them but it really does depend on when you want to travel. Try to avoid school hols at all costs!

[dzug]

As well as the midweek days Chris mentions, it's sometimes possible to get cheap fares on Saturday afternoons and evenings - not much good for a weekend away and not much good for business travellers. Probably doesn't work for main holiday destinations though where a Saturday to Saturday stay is common.

[Artemis]

spainlads good site. I've just done a random flight from my nearest airport, Stansted to a popular destination (Malaga) in June for 2 weeks. going out on a Wed and returning on a Thur, under �80.

[Kos]

On the BMI Baby web-site, you can currently fly from Birmingham to Edinburgh, during the Easter holidays week, for 99p each way + �14 taxes!!!

[Thunderchild]

Ok this is going to be from stansted or the nearest airport to Exeter to Brindisi or Bari in italy.

[dzug]

Well at the moment Stansted to Bari out 19 April back 26th is �89.98 plus tax. If you choose different dates it's �59.98. Brindisi is cheaper, at least outward.